13. March 2017

How to switch tabs in Konsole

Konsole has support for tabs like other terminal emulators. The question is how to switch between tabs using a keyboard.

Default keyboard shortcut is Shift + Left/Right Arrow.

If you’re used to other keyboard shortcuts like Ctrl + PgUp/PgDn which are common in Google Chrome then you can add new shortcuts easily.

Here is the video which demonstrates the configuration:

Open menu Settings, select Configure Shortcuts…

Type word tab into Search field.

Find item Next tab. Click column Alternate. Click button with title None. Now you can define a keyboard shortcut. Press Ctrl + PgUp.

Find item Previous tab. Click column Alternate and button with title None. Press Ctrl + PgDown. Click OK to confirm your configuration.

Now you can enjoy new configuration. If you like this tip or you’d like some other hint about Linux let me know in the comments section bellow.

18. February 2017

How to configure Two-Finger Scrolling in openSUSE KDE to behave the same way like Apple MacBook

Two-Finger scrolling in openSUSE – KDE has same default configuration like Windows 10 on Lenovo. This configuration came from old days when users were using only mouse to navigate on the web. When using touchpad it’s natural to expect that it would behave similarly to a tablet or Apple MacBook. Apple made the switch in the direction some time ago to make it more natural. For some reasons developers keep the old style on Linux and even on Windows. Luckily it is possible to change the configuration very easily.

Go to System Settings and click Hardware – Input Devices

Select Touchpad from left pane, Scrolling from the tabs and check option Reverse scrolling – Vertical. Then click Apply.